“Fuller Strategy Needed…
To explain Afghan war.” I wonder why
Tag: liberty
Do Two Evils Make a Good?
I ran across this article tonight. Don’t read it if you don’t have a strong stomach. It is about a newspaper reporter who wanted to see what waterboarding is really like. An excerpt, “The water was now pouring down my nostrils and into my lungs, I was choking and my mind a fog. Like a nightmare you can’t wake up from, the water kept coming. And then I could stand it no more.” And they say that it isn’t torture. He said afterwards that it felt as if he were dying. And that’s not torture. If that isn’t torture, then…
Are Tea Parties Christian?
I’m not sure, here’s an article on it. It is interesting though, because the Tea Party tries to be Christian. They espouse Christian values, pray at the beginning of meetings, etc…and sometimes this makes me wonder. I feel like perhaps they are connecting Christianity with politics too much, like they are the new Israelites or something. On the contrary, at our Mises Circle meetings, I don’t try to make it “Christian only” or anything like that, but curiously, we’ve ended up with attendees who have very similar religious views. I don’t know if that has any significance, just an interesting thought.
“Fear the Boom and Bust”
How Bad is It Going to Get?
Bill Sardi on our economic future, here.
No, Nullification Does Work
…says Tom Woods to a critic, here.
Truth Shall Fade and Freedom Fly
“Art shall fall and Learning die, Truth shall fade and Freedom fly, Hate shall rise, Wrong and Lies, Love shall leave him, so shall I.” This is from a poem by G.K. Chesterton entitled, “Fire, Famine and Slaughter.” I’m not sure about the original interpretation of it and what G.K. Chesterton meant by the poem, I wasn’t able to find anything conclusive. It reminds me, however, what happens to humanity when we are so overcome with the feeling of “winning the war” and conquering our enemy. This is what war does to us, sadly. War appeals to our base instinct,…
Defending the Undefendable
An excerpt from Walter Block’s book, here.
Ron Paul 2012!!
Here’s an article that will give all of us Ron Paulians hope!
“Uh-Oh”
Sometimes governments do their best for the economy, but they end up saying, “oops…” Well, here are 10 economic blunders, from ancient Rome to the Soviet Union.
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Do Two Evils Make a Good?
I ran across this article tonight. Don’t read it if you don’t have a strong stomach. It is about a newspaper reporter who wanted to see what waterboarding is really like. An excerpt, “The water was now pouring down my nostrils and into my lungs, I was choking and my mind a fog. Like a nightmare you can’t wake up from, the water kept coming. And then I could stand it no more.” And they say that it isn’t torture. He said afterwards that it felt as if he were dying. And that’s not torture. If that isn’t torture, then…
Are Tea Parties Christian?
I’m not sure, here’s an article on it. It is interesting though, because the Tea Party tries to be Christian. They espouse Christian values, pray at the beginning of meetings, etc…and sometimes this makes me wonder. I feel like perhaps they are connecting Christianity with politics too much, like they are the new Israelites or something. On the contrary, at our Mises Circle meetings, I don’t try to make it “Christian only” or anything like that, but curiously, we’ve ended up with attendees who have very similar religious views. I don’t know if that has any significance, just an interesting thought.
“Fear the Boom and Bust”
How Bad is It Going to Get?
Bill Sardi on our economic future, here.
No, Nullification Does Work
…says Tom Woods to a critic, here.
Truth Shall Fade and Freedom Fly
“Art shall fall and Learning die, Truth shall fade and Freedom fly, Hate shall rise, Wrong and Lies, Love shall leave him, so shall I.” This is from a poem by G.K. Chesterton entitled, “Fire, Famine and Slaughter.” I’m not sure about the original interpretation of it and what G.K. Chesterton meant by the poem, I wasn’t able to find anything conclusive. It reminds me, however, what happens to humanity when we are so overcome with the feeling of “winning the war” and conquering our enemy. This is what war does to us, sadly. War appeals to our base instinct,…
Defending the Undefendable
An excerpt from Walter Block’s book, here.
Ron Paul 2012!!
Here’s an article that will give all of us Ron Paulians hope!
“Uh-Oh”
Sometimes governments do their best for the economy, but they end up saying, “oops…” Well, here are 10 economic blunders, from ancient Rome to the Soviet Union.